September 9th, 2012.

Memorial of St. Peter Claver, Priest.

A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Colossians.

Brothers and sisters,

As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him, rooted in him and built upon him,

and established in the faith as you were taught,

abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to the tradition of men, according to the elemental powers of the world, and not according to

Christ. For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily, and you share in this fullness

in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power.

In him you were also circumcised,

with a circumcision not administered by hand,

by stripping off the carnal body,

with the circumcision of Christ.

You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through

faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. And even when you were dead in transgressions

and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he brought you to life along with him, having forgiven us

all our transgressions, obliterating the bond against us with its legal claims, which was opposed

to us. He also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross. Dispoiling the principalities and the powers,

he made a public spectacle of them, leading them away in triumph by it. The Word of the Lord.

The Responsorial Psalm. The response is, the Lord is compassionate toward all his works.

I will extol you, O my God and King, and I will bless your name forever and ever. Every day will I bless you,

and I will praise your name forever and ever.

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